gastric bypass Archive

  • Last night I had dinner with my cousin, she is a massage therapist and has been building her own business. We got together to talk about some ways we can...

    A Cutting Edge Follow Up

    Last night I had dinner with my cousin, she is a massage therapist and has been building her own business. We got together to talk about some ways we can...

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  • My media empire continues to expand as I make my post-op TV debut tonight. I’m in a commercial for the bariatric centers that are part of the Allina network here...

    My TV Debut – Sort Of

    My media empire continues to expand as I make my post-op TV debut tonight. I’m in a commercial for the bariatric centers that are part of the Allina network here...

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  • Three years ago, I spent the summer NOT enjoying one of my favorite activities, playing paintball, because I was at my heaviest weight ever at over 380 pounds, and just...

    A Bizarre Turn Of Events

    Three years ago, I spent the summer NOT enjoying one of my favorite activities, playing paintball, because I was at my heaviest weight ever at over 380 pounds, and just...

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  • Ok. Fine. Maybe I’m not exactly a video “star”, however I do have a number of videos out there. My video about why you don’t drink after eating continues to...

    Will Radio Kill The Video Star?

    Ok. Fine. Maybe I’m not exactly a video “star”, however I do have a number of videos out there. My video about why you don’t drink after eating continues to...

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  • Ok, sure. Fat people are one of the last groups of people where it seems to be socially acceptable to joke about, deride, and outright make fun of. Reading comments...

    Choosing Not To Be A Victim

    Ok, sure. Fat people are one of the last groups of people where it seems to be socially acceptable to joke about, deride, and outright make fun of. Reading comments...

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  • I don’t talk about exercise a whole lot… not sure why. It’s not that I don’t get exercise, but I know I don’t get as much as I… could…? And...

    C25K – The Crash Course?

    I don’t talk about exercise a whole lot… not sure why. It’s not that I don’t get exercise, but I know I don’t get as much as I… could…? And...

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  • I met Mike of Healthy Brands, Inc. in Vegas last month – he was manning the table at the WLSFA Meet & Greet for their Reviva products – a liquid...

    Dash From Obesity Sponsor: Reviva Nutrition

    I met Mike of Healthy Brands, Inc. in Vegas last month – he was manning the table at the WLSFA Meet & Greet for their Reviva products – a liquid...

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  • One of the vendor tables at the WLSFA Meet & Greet last month included Premier Nutrition, and like a good vendor does, they brought samples! They were pouring up samples...

    Product Review – Premier Protein

    One of the vendor tables at the WLSFA Meet & Greet last month included Premier Nutrition, and like a good vendor does, they brought samples! They were pouring up samples...

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  • Diet products are a “dime a dozen”. Well, actually… they’re usually MUCH more expensive than that. They’re a mega-million dollar business category and some of those companies go to GREAT...

    A Non-Surgical Gastric Bypass? Really?

    Diet products are a “dime a dozen”. Well, actually… they’re usually MUCH more expensive than that. They’re a mega-million dollar business category and some of those companies go to GREAT...

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  • Two years. On April 8, 2009 I had my RNY gastric bypass surgery. I weighed in that day at 323, down nearly 60 pounds from my heaviest. Today I’m at…...

    Where Has The Time Gone?

    Two years. On April 8, 2009 I had my RNY gastric bypass surgery. I weighed in that day at 323, down nearly 60 pounds from my heaviest. Today I’m at…...

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